Ep. 45 -Matt Delorenzo - A Tightwad’s Guide to EV Ownership

The EV rush, like pretty much everything with the Energy Transition right now, is in demand yet the consistent knock against the cars themselves is the hefty price tag that’s attached to so many of the new electric car models. Enter the Tightwad. In today’s episode, we welcome the Author of ‘How to Buy an Affordable Electric Car : A Tightwad’s Guide to EV Ownership,’ Matt Delorenzo. Now, Delorenzo is a self-described tightwad so frugalists can relax for a bit, but not only he is economically meticulous, he also happens to be one of the most prolific automotive scribes of his generation as he’s written about cars for the last 45 years. Delorenzo noticed a huge gap in the amount of and accessibility to quality EV information, but more importantly, Delorenzo, who lives in EV-friendly California, also surmised there was no one covering where to find inexpensive electric cars - or asking the bigger question - Do they exist? And boy do they. Delorenzo takes prospective EV buyers - for a ride - to not only educate them on what inexpensive EVs exist, but shares the ins and outs of the EVs when it comes to range, options, city v. highway driving, the used car market and we talk Tax Credits of course. It’s an EV Buying 101 course that breaks down the EV segment better than anyone.

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